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smoked cheroots, his dusky skin sMnes 

 with recent lubrication, and the white 

 cloth folded round his, waist is so dis- 

 posed that its ends fall behind him like 

 the tail of an ox. ; Across his shoulder is 

 a lath of bamboo, at each end of . which 

 is ; a ; round . bundle ; about ; the size of 

 a man's head ; this is his turmeric, which 

 is neatly packed in jleayes, and which 

 he : will ; barter ; in ■ the bazaar for shin- 

 ing brass, ware, or cloth, or perhaps 

 he -will: be seen' on his .return slowly 

 urging up the ghaut some feeble, half- 

 starved ; COW; or, bullock, which after 

 a few months of the abundant fodder 

 of ; the jungles will become sleek and 

 fat. The picture, however, is , incom- 

 plete without , mention • of , the , tungi 

 and bow, both, of which the ^Khond 



